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go on

verb

  1. to continue or proceed
  2. to happen or take place

    there's something peculiar going on here

  3. (of power, water supply, etc) to start running or functioning
  4. preposition to mount or board and ride on, esp as a treat

    children love to go on donkeys at the seaside

  5. theatre to make an entrance on stage
  6. to act or behave

    he goes on as though he's rich

  7. to talk excessively; chatter
  8. to continue talking, esp after a short pause

    ``When I am Prime Minister,'' he went on, ``we shall abolish taxes.''

  9. foll by at to criticize or nag

    stop going on at me all the time!

  10. preposition to use as a basis for further thought or action

    the police had no evidence at all to go on in the murder case

  11. foll by for to approach (a time, age, amount, etc)

    he's going on for his hundredth birthday

  12. cricket to start to bowl
  13. to take one's turn
  14. (of clothes) to be capable of being put on
  15. go much on
    used with a negative to care for; like
  16. something to go on or something to be going on with
    something that is adequate for the present time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


interjection

  1. I don't believe what you're saying
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Since her first film more than a decade ago, Pugh has gone on to star in movies such as Midsommar, Don't Worry Darling and the Oscar award winning films Oppenheimer and Dune: Part Two.

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Saracens hardly touched the ball until the eighth minute when Tom Willis went on a spectacular carry, bouncing off challenge after challenge before eventually losing the ball.

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Dame Andrea, who defected to Reform UK last year, moved to Lincolnshire when she was seven and went on to study at Grimsby College and the University of Lincoln.

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"I'm hoping for something in the three hours mark, but we'll see how it goes on the day. Mid-three hours would be a happy result."

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Stars from the reality television show Love On The Spectrum went on the defensive after Robert F Kennedy Jr commented that people with autism make limited contributions to society.

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